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The Casio Story
With the launch of its first watch in November 1974, Casio entered the wristwatch market at a time when the watch industry had just discovered digital technology. As a company with cutting-edge electronic technology developed for pocket calculators, Casio entered this field confident that it could develop timepieces that would lead the market.
In developing its own wristwatches Casio began with the basic question, ""What is a wristwatch?"" Rather than simply making a digital version of the conventional mechanical watch, we thought that the ideal wristwatch should be something that shows all facets of time in a consistent way. Based on this, Casio was able to create a watch that displayed the precise time including the second, minute, hour, day, and month — not to mention a.m. or p.m., and the day of the week. It was the first watch in the world with a digital automatic calendar function that eliminated the need to reset the calendar due the variation in month length. Rather than using a conventional watch face and hands, a digital liquid crystal display was adopted to better show all the information. This culminated in the 1974 launch of the CASIOTRON, the world’s first digital watch with automatic calendar. The CASIOTRON won acclaim as a groundbreaking product that represented a complete departure from the conventional wristwatch.
Casio transformed the concept of the watch — from a mere timepiece to an information device for the wrist — and undertook product planning based on this innovative idea. We developed not only time functions such as global time zone watches, but also other radical new functions using Casio’s own digital technology, including calculator and dictionary functions, as well as a phonebook feature based on memory technology, and even a thermometer function using a built-in sensor. The memory-function watches became our DATA BANK product series, while the sensor watches developed into two unique Casio product lines of today: the Pathfinder series displaying altitude, atmospheric pressure, and compass readings.
In 1983, Casio launched the shock-resistant G-SHOCK watch. This product shattered the notion that a watch is a fragile piece of jewelry that needs to be handled with care, and was the result of Casio engineers taking on the challenge of creating the world’s toughest watch. Using a triple-protection design for the parts, module, and case, the G-SHOCK offered a radical new type of watch that was unaffected by strong impacts or shaking. Its practicality was immediately recognized, and its unique look, which embodied its functionality, became wildly popular, resulting in explosive sales in the early 1990s. The G-SHOCK soon adopted various new sensors, solar-powered radio-controlled technology (described below), and new materials for even better durability. By always employing the latest technology, and continuing to transcend conventional thinking about the watch, the G-SHOCK brand has become Casio’s flagship timepiece product.
Today, Casio is focusing its efforts on solar-powered radio-controlled watches: the built-in solar battery eliminates the nuisance of replacing batteries, and the radio-controlled function means users never have to reset the time. In particular, the radio-controlled function represents a revolution in time-keeping technology similar to the impact created when mechanical watches gave way to quartz technology. Through the further development of high radio-wave sensitivity, miniaturization, and improved energy efficiency, Casio continues to produce a whole range of radio-controlled models.
Casio Tough Solar Ana-Digi Watch Solar Powered 100M WR World Time Dual countdown timer
Product Details
- Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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- ASIN: B005MDPAPU
- Item model number: AQS800W-1B2VCF
- Batteries: 1 Nonstandard Battery batteries required. (included)
Casio Men's AQS800W-1B2VCF Slim Solar Multi-Function Analog-Digital Watch
Customer Reviews
I have multiple watches, so I bought this one as a occasional wearer that would display digital time in 24-hour format and not require periodic battery changes (The concurrent analog display was a bonus.) The slimmer design also appealed to me; most other Casio digitals are too thick for my taste. My use of the watch is as a timekeeper only that will automatically adjust to DST; I do not use the alarms, stopwatch, day/date displays, or keep track of time in other locations. The watch meets my expectations for a affordable price.
I was impressed that the watch arrived fully charged despite having spent 5 days in transit. With daily exposure to existing ambient and/or artificial light, it has not discharged past the point where the indicator reads "high" (or as the display abbreviates it, "HI").
Minor complaint is the strap; it seems to be designed to fit lager wrists and wraps around too far on my thinner one. The keeper sometimes lets the strap slip out of its confines and "stick out" too much, just a minor annoyance that requires tucking it back in. I think the strap will work better when it is broken in more. The watch is a real lightweight, so if you like heavy watches, avoid this one. And another caveat, the digital display is blocked when the analog hour hand is at or near the 6 o'clock position, so rely on the analog time reading at that time.
No one watch is perfect nor can meet all our needs, but I can't much fault this one for the price.
Great Watch- totally worth its value and then some. Being in the military requires something that can take a beating and this watch is it. The analog works perfectly and keeps great time. As a caveat to one of the previous reviews this is made of the same material as the g-shock watches, its just not as thick. I owned a g-shock and another casio watch prior to this, the g-shock broke after about 4 years of taking a beating (chipped the face of it on a rock and eventually the crack grew and the face was ruined). I hope to get at least 4 years out of this watch. Had a luminox for about 2 years and the hands fell off. For the price of a luminox or top-of-the-line g-shock you could buy 4 of these. Plus- ITS SOLAR POWERED.
Overall, another great product from Casio. Buy it, you won't regret it.
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